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## Index: N

n or N (next) commands, sed editor: 34.17. The Deliberate Scrivener
-name operator (find command): 9.6. Be an Expert on find Search Operators
  13.3. Finding Text That Doesn't Match
  -print operator, combining with: 9.12. Finding Many Things with One Command
  using with -exec: 9.12. Finding Many Things with One Command
-name option, effect on resources: 6.7. How -name Affects Resources
named buffers, transferring text among with vi editor: 17.6. Using Buffers to Move or Copy Text
named pipes (FIFOs): 43.11. Named Pipes: FIFOs
named.conf file: 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS)
names
  of applications and resources: 6.7. How -name Affects Resources
  computers on network: 2.5. How Unix Systems Remember Their Names
  Domain Name Service (DNS): 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS)
  of programs, in error messages: 35.28. Finding a Program Name and Giving Your Program Multiple Names
  SMB peers (NETBIOS): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
  usernames: 49.2. When Does a User Become a User
nameservers (NS): 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting
namesort script: 22.8. Sorting a List of People by Last Name
namespaces in Python: 42.3.4. Modules and Packages
naming
  commands: 35.27. Picking a Name for a New Command
    35.27. Picking a Name for a New Command
  environment variables: 35.3. What Environment Variables Are Good For
  files: 7.6. Naming Files
  shell scripts: 35.27. Picking a Name for a New Command
NAT (see Network Address Translation)
natd daemon: 46.11. Gateways and NAT
navigating Unix filesystem: 31.1. Getting Around the Filesystem
  automatic directory setup: 31.13. Automatic Setup When You Enter/Exit a Directory
  cd, speeding up with aliases: 31.9. Quick cds with Aliases
  changing directories: 31.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath
  changing directories with c (shell function): 31.10. cd by Directory Initials
  current directory: 31.3. What Good Is a Current Directory?
    finding: 31.4. How Does Unix Find Your Current Directory?
  finding (anyoneÕs) home directory: 31.11. Finding (Anyone's) Home Directory, Quickly
  loop control, break and continue: 31.6. Loop Control: break and continue
  marking your place with shell variable: 31.12. Marking Your Place with a Shell Variable
  relative and absolute pathnames: 31.2. Using Relative and Absolute Pathnames
  shell pushd and popd commands: 31.7. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands
navigation icons for resources shared with SMB network: 47.4. SWAT and GUI SMB Browsers
nawk utility: 20.10. Quick Reference: awk
  awk variables, support of: 20.10.3. awk System Variables
  examples: 36.18. Shell Scripts On-the-Fly from Standard Input
  version history: 20.11. Versions of awk
ndown (network down) script: 24.22.3. Closing a Window from a Shell Script
ndown script: 28.16. Separating Commands with Semicolons
ne (inequality) operator: 41.5.1. Scalars
neatening text (see editing fmt command)
negative numbers as variable values: 37.3. Stop Syntax Errors in Numeric Tests
nested command substitution: 36.24. Nested Command Substitution
nested loops, breaking or continuing: 31.6. Loop Control: break and continue
  35.23. Loop Control: break and continue
nesting
  ` ` (backquotes): 28.14. Command Substitution
NETBIOS name: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
Netinfo, Mac OS X user/group management with: 49.2. When Does a User Become a User
Netinfo, storing MacOS X passwords: 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running?
netpbm package: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package
netscape -remote technique: 29.3. C-Shell Aliases with Command-Line Arguments
netstat command: 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting
  48.6.3. Check Network Connections
Network Address Translation (NAT): 46.1.1. Internet Protocol (IP)
  46.11. Gateways and NAT
  for PPP connections: 46.13. Gatewaying from a Personal LAN over a Modem
  private addresses: 46.11. Gateways and NAT
network cards, kernel boot output for: 44.2. Reading Kernel Boot Output
network devices, configuring with ifconfig: 44.8. Network Devices — ifconfig
network devices, configuring: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware
Network File System (see NFS)
Network Information Service (NIS): 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running?
network interfaces for gateways: 46.11. Gateways and NAT
network time synchronization: 37.6. How Unix Keeps Time
networking language (SMB on Windows): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
networking utilities: 1.21. Unix Networking and Communications
networks: 46.4. Where, Oh Where Did That Packet Go?
  (see also connectivity)
  archiving files for: 39.1. Packing Up and Moving
  checking connections for security breaches: 48.6.3. Check Network Connections
  computers, names of: 2.5. How Unix Systems Remember Their Names
  configuration of network devices (ifconfig file): 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting
  diagnosing problems with ping and traceroute: 46.4. Where, Oh Where Did That Packet Go?
  printing over: 45.8. Printing Over a Network
    CUPS package: 45.18. The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
  starting and disabling for dialup connections: 28.16. Separating Commands with Semicolons
newer alias (printing newest filename): 8.15. newer: Print the Name of the Newest File
-newer operator (find command): 9.8. Exact File-Time Comparisons
newgrp command: 49.6. Groups and Group Ownership
  50.2.2. Which Group is Which?
newlines
  as argument separators: 27.12.1. Special Characters
  awk procedures, separating: 20.10.2.1. Patterns
  in Bourne shell quoting: 27.13.2. How Quoting Works
  different characters for: 1.19. When Is a File Not a File?
  DOS, converting to Unix: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories
  Mac vs. Unix: 1.8. Anyone Can Program the Shell
  n
    in bash shell prompt: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts
    in Bourne-type shells: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts
    in event translation tables: 6.4. X Event Translations
  quoted in sed, shell interpretation of: 34.24. sed Newlines, Quoting, and Backslashes in a Shell Script
  in sed multiline replacement strings: 34.16. Making Edits Across Line Boundaries
  translating Mac carriage returns to: 21.11. Hacking on Characters with tr
  in vi @-functions: 18.4.4. Newlines in an @-Function
news
  Emacs facility for: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List
  removing headers with behead script: 21.5. Remove Mail/News Headers with behead
next command (awk): 20.10.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
next (n or N) commands, sed editor: 34.16. Making Edits Across Line Boundaries
  34.17. The Deliberate Scrivener
next operator (Perl): 41.6. Perl Boot Camp, Part 3: Branching and Looping
nextdir command: 9.23.1. Using the Stored Lists
NFS (Network File System): 1.21. Unix Networking and Communications
  directories, backups to remote tape drive: 38.7. Using tar to a Remote Tape Drive
  directories remotely mounted by, hung terminals and: 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In
  find command, preventing from searching: 9.28. Keeping find from Searching Networked Filesystem
  installing packages residing on server: 40.5.1. Choosing the Access Method
  mounting: 44.9. Mounting Network Filesystems — NFS, SMBFS
NFS (Network File Systems)
  file recovery, vi -r command vs.: 17.19. vi File Recovery Versus Networked Filesystems
n>&m operator
  echo commands ending with: 35.17. Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts
  examples: 36.24. Nested Command Substitution
  redirecting standard output and standard error: 36.16. n>&m: Swap Standard Output and Standard Error
nice command: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To
  background processes and: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control
  BSD Unix
    C shell: 26.5.1. BSD C Shell nice
    standalone: 26.5.2. BSD Standalone nice
  foreground jobs and: 26.6. A nice Gotcha
  renice command: 23.7. System Overloaded? Try Stopping Some Jobs
    26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To
    26.7. Changing a Running Job's Niceness
  System V, standalone: 26.5.4. System V Standalone nice
nice numbers: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To
  26.7. Changing a Running Job's Niceness
  BSD C shell nice: 26.5.1. BSD C Shell nice
  BSD standalone nice: 26.5.2. BSD Standalone nice
  System V C shell nice: 26.5.3. System V C Shell nice
  System V standalone nice: 26.5.4. System V Standalone nice
niceness: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To
  System V, C shell nice: 26.5.3. System V C Shell nice
NIS (Network Information Service): 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running?
nl program (line-numbering): 12.13. Numbering Lines
nmbd daemon: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
nobody (generic user for HTTP web pages): 48.6.1. Check Processes
noclobber shell variable: 14.8. Safer File Deletion in Some Directories
  43.6. Safe I/O Redirection with noclobber
noglob option: 33.2. Filename Wildcards in a Nutshell
nohup command: 23.10. nohup
  background processes, avoiding termination of: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control
  disown vs.: 23.11. Disowning Processes
nohup.out file: 23.10. nohup
nom script: 33.8. nom: List Files That Don't Match a Wildcard
  trap command in: 35.17. Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts
non-ASCII characters in filenames, deleting files with: 14.14. Using unlink to Remove a File with a Strange Name
non-rewinding tape devices: 38.5.2. Backing Up to Tape
noninteractive shells: 3.4.2. Interactive Shells
nonlogin files, bash: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why
nonlogin shells
  Bourne shell, .profile file and: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why
  startup files: 3.4.1. Login Shells
  xterm, configuring for: 5.10. Login xterms and rxvts
nonprintable characters
  displaying with od command: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c
nonprintable characters in filenames: 8.12. Showing Nonprintable Characters in Filenames
nonprintable or control characters: 1.5. Programs Are Designed to Work Together
nonprinting characters
  erasing with sed to eliminate extra blank lines: 12.7. Squash Extra Blank Lines
  filenames with, file deletion and: 14.16. Problems Deleting Directories
  ls command, System V Unix: 8.12. Showing Nonprintable Characters in Filenames
  octal values of, printing with ls -b: 8.12. Showing Nonprintable Characters in Filenames
  showing with cat -v: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c
nonprinting escape sequences in a prompt: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts
noremap command (vi): 18.12. Don't Lose Important Functions with vi Maps: Use noremap
not a tty message: 24.6. The Controlling Terminal
not equal to (!=) operator: 41.5.1. Scalars
NOT operator: 9.6. Be an Expert on find Search Operators
NOT operator (!): 20.10.2.1. Patterns
NOT operator (!), using with find command: 9.8. Exact File-Time Comparisons
notification of changed job state: 23.8. Notification When Jobs Change State
notification of job-state changes: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell
-nouser or -nogroup operators (find command): 9.16. Searching by Owner and Group
nroff program: 45.12. Typesetting Manpages: nroff
  -man macros: 3.21. Make Your Own Manpages Without Learning troff
  commands in: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages
  formatting text with sed: 21.3. Alternatives to fmt
NT domains: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba
NUL characters: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c
  43.12. What Can You Do with an Empty File?
  delimiters, using as: 9.9. Running Commands on What You Find
null command: 35.13. Test Exit Status with the if Statement
null or unset variables, errors caused by: 37.3. Stop Syntax Errors in Numeric Tests
numbering lines: 12.13. Numbering Lines
numbers
  ASCII class for: 5.14. Defining What Makes Up a Word for Selection Purposes
numeric exit status: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
numeric mode (chmod): 50.5. Using chmod to Change File Permission
numeric operators: 41.5.1. Scalars
numeric sorting, alphabetic vs.: 22.5. Alphabetic and Numeric Sorting
numeric tests, syntax errors in: 37.3. Stop Syntax Errors in Numeric Tests
nup (network up) script: 24.22.3. Closing a Window from a Shell Script
nup script: 28.16. Separating Commands with Semicolons

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